1. |
and rooks and ravens
03:37
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and rooks and ravens are gathering
doing nothing noting to be doing
keeping these sheets from going cold
a dent in the pillow that just won't go
poking on embers to keep the glow
no life in ashes the draught'll blow them all away
I wish you well and good afternoon
doing nothing nothing to be doing
still keeping these sheets from going cold
a dent in the pillow
and outside the night is falling in
and rooks and ravens are gathering
ha
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2. |
in no particular order
02:56
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in no particular order
or some arrangement of
I did not do what i thought I ought to
but yes I did do less
my life as the presidents wife
taking in the washing
handing out advice
snails
in gaols of England and Wales
Bedford been to Milton Keynes
memoirs of a cocksucker
your confirmation number
is seven zero zero
ohh
three
hundred
and sixty five
pairs of underwear
all pegged up and hung out to dry
it's a long washing line
and I don't know why
but it makes me cry
dear birds that I remember
and what I did not tell you
in no particular order
or some arrangement of
I did not do what I thought I ought to
but yes I did do less
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3. |
getting heavy
02:46
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getting lost somewhere in between
hearing the phone and answering
I come back with a song and dance
and situations started
getting heavy yeh
dig it deep
getting heavy yeh
dig it
the party moved onto the trampoline
and kissing with tongues like washing machines
and joining in is what we did
when situations started
getting heavy yeh
dig it deep
getting heavy...
and how to try to fix this lie
reasoning with a box of wine
but shout is what we did
when conversations started
boys in short skirts and heels that hurt
girls in whatever works
I'm eighteen and if I want
I can keep this thing hard all day
and its getting heavy...
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4. |
ever
03:40
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in all the history of ever
yes
this is the best
ever
and I know
I've said it all before
well here it is again...
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5. |
too soon joon
02:56
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and meanwhile
somewhere very close by
nothing much sometimes happens
people rush
talking shit and burning gas
and too soon joon
then December
when all our heads
in their beds
safe and sound
at least until the morning
and meanwhile
somewhere very close by
nothing much never happened
roots and weeds are cracking up the concrete
and killer bees
and also
meanwhile somewhere
it happened just the same
people rush
talking shit and burning gas
and blink again
then December
and too soon joon
and too soon joon
then December
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6. |
sofi
02:20
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sofi it's
habit forming
I understand
you just want to fit in
and sofi it's
all up to you
you want to fit in
and stand out too
and o o
if it was a joke I was just having fun
a hook
on a line just to hang this moment upon
and sofi it's
all about you
yeh yeh no no
it's not about you
and sofi it's
all up to you
you want to fit in
and stand out
and o o
if it was a joke I was not having fun
your hook was a lie just to snag my dreams upon
and sofi it's
all about you
yeh yeh no no
it's not about
and sofi it's all up to you
you want to fit in and stand out
too
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7. |
security lights
04:33
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there were security lights
a slow strobe through the night
see how they bleed
through the trees
especially
in the winter
and there were the rumours about
a shadow who lived in the house
and how the bins were put out
though no one had ever been seen
at number thirteen
lucky for some
standing there where others
have gone
and the years were just
a bat of your lashes
though all the shutters are shut
hey you left a crack
and it's just enough
just enough to make out
a light is still burning
a light is still burning
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8. |
rollertape
07:59
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fixing up the holes
patches on the elbows
bits and bobs and odds and sods
singer sew er maker
do n mend
nothing you can't put right with a roll of tape and a butter knife
out early on the Sunday morning
boot sale pull over
you hear the treasure calling
you don't know what you
might find you can't live without
there's still more room on the couch
something that fits the dust
something needs fixing
nothing you can't put right with a roll of tape and a butter knife
nothing you can't put right
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9. |
when I was a girl
03:23
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when I was a girl
that was way back in
the days of the bomb
n the old girl going on
telling her stories
of when she was a girl
now that must have been
in the days of the young queen
but I was not listening
my eyes would start to glaze
over when I heard her say
when I was a girl
but
should
could
never did now she's been gone
for so long and
she took the stories
and all I know is
and all I know is
not that much no more
and
today they know it all
before they're even born
I see kids these days
their eyes begin to glaze
over when they hear me say
when I was a girl
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